Upper mantle seismic anisotropy in the intra-continental Kachchh rift zone, Gujarat, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 509, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 81-92

  Mandal, Prantik ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Delay times; Fast axis; Kachchh rift; Partial melt; Rift axis parallel upper mantle anisotropy; SKS SKKS splitting

Indexed keywords

DELAY TIME; FAST AXIS; KACHCHH RIFT; PARTIAL MELT; SKS/SKKS SPLITTING; UPPER MANTLE ANISOTROPY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; OLIVINE; PARALLEL FLOW; SHEAR FLOW;

ANISOTROPY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; DECCAN TRAPS; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RIFT ZONE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 79961029723     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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